---
title: 'Zero Effect (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jake Kasdan'
released: '1998-01-30'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zero-effect-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120906/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zero Effect (1998)

1998 · 111 min · Comedy, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Zero Effect is a 1998 American mystery comedy film written and directed by Jake Kasdan in his feature directional debut. Starring Bill Pullman as "the world's most private detective", Daryl Zero, and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo, the film's plot is loosely based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "A Scandal in Bohemia".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jake Kasdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-kasdan)
- **Screenplay:** [Jake Kasdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-kasdan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stewart Copeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-copeland)
- **Producer:** [Lisa Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-henson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bill Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pope)
- **Editor:** [Tara Timpone](https://cinepixo.com/people/tara-timpone)

## Cast

- [Angela Featherstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-featherstone)
- [Kim Dickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-dickens)
- [Ben Stiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-stiller)
- [Bill Pullman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pullman)
- [Ryan O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-o-neal)
- [Hugh Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-ross)

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